Concealed storm window and screen



- May 4, 1943. O 2,318,100

CONCEALED STORM wnwow AND SCREEN Filed Dec. 31, 1942 INVENTOR. BY WHRUUDPatented May 4, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,318,100 CONCEALED"STORM WINDOW AND SCREEN William Rood, Des Moines, Iowa ApplicationDecember 31, 1942, Serial No. 470,796

Claims.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a storm window andscreen, which are permanently attached to the building or dwelling, maybe efliciently weather stripped, and which can .be moved into theposition over the window opening at the will of the user.

A further object of this invention is to provide a. storm window andscreen, which, when not in have overcome such disadvantages a will beappreciated and as will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

Referring to the drawing, I have used the numeral ID to designate adwelling having the window frame ll therein. This window frame containsthe usual type of window l2 as illustrated in Fig. 2. It is to such adwelling and window' frame that I attach my device, which I'will nowdescribe.

A housing is built on either side of the frame I I and designated by thenumerals l3. A shutter I4 is hinged to the outside vertical 'side wallof the box l3 in the manner shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The numeral l5indicates a screen hinged to the inner edge of the shutter I4 throughthe medium of the off-set hinges I6. I have used the numerals H toindicate storm windows hingedly secured to the frame ll adjacent thewindow openpointed out in my-claims, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of my storm window, screen andconcealing shutter with portions broken away to more fully illustrateits structure.

Fig. 2 is a top cross sectional view of my device and more fullyillustrates its structure.

Fig. 3 is a top cross sectional view more fully illustrating thehingirzg action of the window, screen and shutter.

The storm windows have heretofore comprised a window set in a frame andtemporarily secured over the window opening by various temporary means.The window so constructed must be manually placed in position andremoved from the window frame, thus necessitating considerable labor inthe fall of the year, and in the spring of the year. Each window must bemarked relative to its matching frame and the windows must be stored ina place sufliciently large to accommodate their large bulk. Thus thestorm windows are subjected to considerable handling, warp, abuse andother damage. These storm windows can not be satisfactorily weatherstripped in view of the continued handling and storage of these windows.Furthermore, due to the work of installing the windows they can not beremoved for temporary climate changes and are consequently put on thedwelling early in the fall and removed late in the spring. The same istrue of screens, and when both are used as separate window coverings, itnecessitates taking down one of them and replacing the other in thewindow frame. Thus two changes are required every year. I

ing and capable of being swung to their closed position as shown in Fig.2 of the drawing.

By this structure, the screen l5 may be folded back upon the shutter I land the shutter closed as shown in Fig. 2, thereby concealing the screenor screens when the storm window I1 is covering the opening in theframe. When it is desired to remove the storm windows and have thescreens l5 covering the opening, the shutters M are swung outwardly, thescreens hinged on the offset hinge IE to the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 2, after which the storm windows H are swung to theposition formerly occupied by the screens I5 and the shutters are againclosed, thereby concealing the storm windows behind the shutters whilethe screens are in place over the window opening.

By this arrangement, the act of changing from storm windows to screensor from screens to storm windows is but a matter of a few seconds,inasmuch as the only operation necessary is to swing out the shutters,and thereby have immediately accessible either the screens or stormwin-' dows- The shutters are permanently attached to the dwelling andconceal, at all times, the window covering not in use. The unused windowcovering is protected by the shutter and box l3 and weather strippingmay be placed on the storm window without fear of damaging the weatherstripping as would be the case if the windows were entirely removed. Thewhole unit may be ,made up or pre-fabricated and attached to the ter inits closed position.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a concealed storm window andscreen which fulfills all of my objects, which may be prefabricated forattachment to window frames, and which permits all of the necessarywindow coverings to be attached to'the dweling at all times. My deviceis versatile in its uses, refined in appearance and presents many moreobvious advantages.

Some changes may be made in the construction, arrangement andcombination of the various parts of the device without departing fromthe true spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention tocover by my claims any modified forms of structure or use of mechanicalequivalents which can be reasonably included in their scope.

I claim: 7

1. In a device of the class described, a window frame, a storm windowhinged to one of the vertical side portions of said frame and capable ofbeing swung to a position for closing the opening in said frame, ashutter element, a means for hinging said shutter element to a dwellingadjacent said window frame, a screen hingedly secured to the marginaledge of said shutter element through the medium of an off-set hinge forpermitting said screen to be swung to a position over said window frameat times, and a box element for enclosing said screen or said stormwindow when either are swung to their open positions.

2. In a device of the class described, a window frame, storm windowshingedly secured to each of thevertical side edges of said frame andcapable of being swung to a position for closing said frame, a shuttermember hingedly secured at a distance from said frame and capable offolding over each of said storm windows when said storm windows are inan open position, and a screen hingedly secured to the free end of saidshutter members and capable. of being swung to a position for. closingsaid window frames when said storm windows are in an open position.

3. In a device of the class described, a window frame supported by abuilding, storm windows hingedly secured to the two opposite parallelvertical edges of said frame and capable of closing the opening in saidframe at times, the shutter.elements hingedly secured to said buildingand capable of closing over said storm windows when said storm windowsare in an open position, screened windows operatively secured to saidshutter elements and capable of closing the opening in said frame whensaid storm windows are in an open position, and a frame member forenclosing said storm window or said screen window when they are in anopen position.

4. In a device of the class described, a window frame supported by abuilding, a box member secured adjacent said window frame, a shutterelement hingedly secured to the outer portion of said box away from saidwindow frame, a window covering hingedly secured to the inner edge ofsaid shutter and capable of being enclosed in said box when in a closedposition and of covering said window opening when in an open position,and a second window covering hingedly secured to the vertical side wallof said window frame and capable of being swung to a position forclosing the opening in said window frame or of being enclosed withinsaid box when said first mentioned covering is in a position forcovering said frame.

5. In combination with a building and a window frame, a box elementsecured adjacent said window frame, a shutter member closing the forwardportion of said box and hingedly secured thereto, a storm windowhingedly secured to said frame and capable of being enclosed in said boxwhen not in use, and a screen window capable of covering the opening insaid frame and capable of being enclosed in said box when not in use.

WILLIAM B. ROOD.

